French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the suspension of the 2023 pension reform — which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 — and proposed reopening discussions on the future of the pension system amid the threat of a no-confidence vote. He also pledged to strengthen codetermination and step up efforts to combat social fraud.
On 14 October, French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly, in which he announced the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until the next presidential election. This means that for generations born in 1963 and 1964, the legal age would be fixed at 62 years and 9 months. “There will be no increase in the age from now until January 2028, as specifically requested by the CFDT.
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